Indian special forces carry out cross border operation into Myanmar. Several militants Killed

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Manohar Parrikar hails military for Myanmar border strike | Zee News
Last Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015 - 21:27


New Delhi: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday lauded the armed forces for their "surgical strike" on the India-Myanmar border and for their relief and rescue operations in India and abroad.


Addressing the armed forces on the eve of India`s 69th Independence Day, the minister also expressed solidarity with the kin of soldiers who lost their lives.

"You are performing the task of protecting the nation`s sovereignty and territorial integrity as also defending the motherland from the destructive designs of anti-national forces," he said.

The minister said the Indian Army`s "surgical strike" on the Indo-Myanmar border had won admiration from one an all.

"The whole nation was in full admiration of your daring operation against the insurgents which you undertook very creditably along the Indo-Myanmar border," Parrikar said.

"I compliment the Special Forces for undertaking this surgical strike smoothly and without any casualty on our side."

He also said that the armed forces have "successfully and effectively repulsed all ceasefire violations in Jammu and Kashmir from across the border and attempts of terrorists to infiltrate into the country".

The armed forces have been at the "forefront of massive relief and rescue operations, both in India and outside", he added.

"Be it providing succour to the flood victims in Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat, northeast and, more recently, to the victims of the devastating earthquake in Nepal or evacuation of Indian and foreign nationals from war-torn Yemen.

"As friendly neighbours, our armed forces were also the first to respond to the drinking water crisis in the Maldives when its desalination plants shut down," he said.

IANS

 

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Terror bid foiled in Assam's Kokrajhar; 7-kg IED recovered | Zee News
Last Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015 - 12:04
Kokrajhar: On the eve of Independence day, a joint Army and police team foiled an attempt by Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants to blow up a stretch of rail track between Korajhar and Guwahati railway stations in Assam.

A KLO militant was killed in the subsequent encounter between security forces and ultras.

Based on specific intelligence, the Army and the police had launched an operation at Rabha Para village late last night and spotted some KLO militants trying to plant an Improvised Explosive Device on the track, sources said.

The militants opened fire and the security team retaliated, injuring a KLO militant who later died in hospital, the sources said.

A 7 kg IED with detonator, a 7.65 mm pistol, a pistol magazine, some fired cases and live rounds and two hand grenades were recovered from the spot, the sources said.

The ultras were planning to blow up the track which falls under North East Frontier Railway to disrupt Independence Day celebrations, the sources said.

PTI

 

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Attempt to blow up rail track in Assam foiled, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation militant killed - The Economic Times
By PTI | 14 Aug, 2015, 12.14PM IST

KOKRAJHAR: On the eve of Independence day, a joint Army and police team foiled an attempt by Kamtapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) militants to blow up a stretch of rail track between Korajhar and Guwahati railway stations in Assam.

A KLO militant was killed in the subsequent encounter between security forces and ultras.

Based on specific intelligence, the Army and the police had launched an operation at Rabha Para village late last night and spotted some KLO militants trying to plant an Improvised Explosive Device on the track, sources said.

The militants opened fire and the security team retaliated, injuring a KLO militant who later died in hospital, the sources said.

A 7 kg IED with detonator, a 7.65 mm pistol, a pistol magazine, some fired cases and live rounds and two hand grenades were recovered from the spot, the sources said.

The ultras were planning to blow up the track which falls under North East Frontier Railway to disrupt Independence Day celebrations, the sources said.

 

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India asks Myanmar to hand over Khaplang, 3 others | Zee News

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 19:59
New Delhi: India has asked Myanmar to hand over four top leaders of Naga outfit NSCN-K, including its chief SS Khaplang, holding them responsible for killing of 18 Army soldiers in Manipur on June 4.


Besides Khaplang, India sought the custody of Niki Sumi, Kirichu and Asang, who were believed to have planned and supervised the attack in Manipur's Chandel district.

The request was placed during the meeting of India- Myanmar Joint Consultative Committee held here last month, government sources said.

The Indian delegation told the Myanmarese team that the four had hatched the conspiracy to attack the Indian soldiers and directly supervised the execution of the plan.

The sources said the Myanmar delegation, however, remained non-committal over India's request to hand over the NSCN-K leaders.

Khaplang, a Naga from Myanmar, was reportedly undergoing treatment at a hospital in Yangon on the day of the attack. However, later he shifted to his base in Taga, located along the Sino-Myanmar border.

The other three NSCN-K leaders are also believed to be in Myanmar and they shuttle between Taga and the outfit's other camps.

Days after the attack, Indian Army commandos carried out an attack on NSCN-K camps along the border with Myanmar.

PTI

Updated: August 19, 2015 01:38 IST
Manipur attack: India requests Myanmar to hand over NSCN(K) leaders - The Hindu

Request was placed after a detailed dossier of Khaplang and his aides provided by MHA.

India has asked Myanmar to hand over four top leaders of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (Khaplang) [NSCN(K)], including its chief S.S. Khaplang, holding them responsible for ambushing an Army convoy in Manipur in June, killing 18 soldiers.

The NSCN(K) violated a ceasefire with the government in March and has been involved in a series of attacks on security forces in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh. Following the ambush of the Army convoy, a special team of the Indian Army launched an attack on the insurgent camps of various militant outfits, 20 km within Myanmar, on June 9, and is believed to have killed at least 20 militants.

Besides Mr. Khaplang, India sought the custody of the outfit’s military commander Niki Sumi, Kirichu and Asang, who were believed to have planned and supervised the attack in Manipur’s Chandel district.

The request was placed during the meeting of the first ever India-Myanmar Joint Consultative Committee held in July.

The Indian delegation was led by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Myanmar’s was led by U. Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Committed to fight terror

A joint statement issued after the meeting, without directly naming NSCN-K said, “Both Ministers reaffirmed their shared commitment to fight the scourge of terrorism and insurgent activity in all its forms and manifestations. They emphasised the need for enhanced cooperation between security forces and border guarding agencies for securing peace, security and stability in the border areas which is crucial for overall development.”

The request was placed following a detailed dossier of Mr. Khaplang and his aides, provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

Hatched a conspiracy

The Indian delegation told the Myanmarese team that the four had hatched the conspiracy to attack the Indian soldiers and directly supervised the execution of the plan.

A senior Home Ministry official said that the Myanmar delegation, however, remained non-committal over India’s request to hand over the NSCN-K leaders.

NSCN-K is in a ceasefire pact with the Myanmar government. Mr. Khaplang, a Naga from Myanmar, was undergoing treatment at a hospital in Yangon till a few days back.

He is learnt to have shifted to his base in Taga, considered to be a hotbed of anti-India insurgent group camps in northwestern Myanmar.

The other three NSCN-K leaders are also believed to be in Myanmar and they shuttle between Taga and the outfit’s other camps.

Army convoy attack

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has registered a case in the Army convoy attack incident and has named NSCN-K in the FIR. NIA has said that 23 NSCN-K members participated in the attack, including the two who were killed in the incident. Of the remaining 21, NIA has identified 14 NSCN-K cadre members who had carried out the ambush.

The request was placed at the meeting of the first India-Myanmar Joint Consultative Committee held in July.

 

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Three militants arrested by security forces in Manipur - The Economic Times

IMPHAL: Three militants were arrested by security forces from different places in Bishnupur district and Imphal East district of Manipur, a police official said today.

Two cadres of Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup(KYKL) were arrested on thursday by a combined team of Bishnupur police commando and Assam Rifles personnel from different places.

Two arrested militants were identified as Salam Kamraj Singh (40) of Naranseina Mayai Leikai and another militant was identified as Pukhrambam Bimol Singh (28) of Wangoo Sabal Mayai Leikai in Bishnupur district, the police official said.

Also another militant of Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) was arrested from a rented house at Khurai Chaithabi Leirak in Imphal East district during the search operation.

The arrrested militant was identified as Lukram Johny Meitei (24) of Moreh Turel Wangma Ward No 7. On his disclosure one 9 mm pistol along with three live rounds and other incriminating articles were sezed from the rented house of M Nabakesho Meitei of Khurai Nandeibam Leikai on August 18.

Two cases have been registered at Bishnupur district police and Imphal East district police stations. Investigation were going on, release added.

By PTI | 19 Aug, 2015, 02.23PM IST

GUWAHATI: NDFB (Songbijit) militant Saranjoy Musahary, a suspect in the massacre of 80 tribals in Kokrajhar last year, was apprehended by a joint team of police and CRPF from Patabari in lower Assam's Chirang district.

Saranjoy alias Soukhou of Gajenpuri was apprehended yesterday from Patabari by a joint team of Assam Police and CRPF's Cobra battalion, IGP L R Bishnoi told PTI.

He is suspected to be involved in the massacre of over 80 'adivasis' in Lungsung forest area in Kokrajhar district in December last year, Bishnoi said.

A grenade was recovered from the extremist trained in the insurgent camps based in Myanmar.

Bishnoi said Musahary had joined NDFB(S) in 2012 and belonged to the 37th batch of the underground outfit.

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Manipur ambush: Attackers of NSCN(K) have been identified - The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: At least 10 attackers of NSCN(K) who ambushed troops in Manipur on June 4 have been identified after the arrest of a key member of the Naga militant group in Delhi, officials said on Tuesday.

The accused, identified as Ngamsinlung Panmei, is also the self styled health minister cum political advisor of NSCN (K) and met SS Khaplang, the head of the group, in Taga in Myanmar in March, when the conspiracy to carry out the attack on the 6 Dogra regiment of Indian Army was hat ..

The questioning of Panmei also confirmed that a local resident of Chandel in Manipur, Startsan, who is also the revenue collector of that area, led the attack on Indian Army. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) probing the attack on Indian Army will now seek custody of Panmei.

 

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Manipur ambush: Five NSCN (K) cadres involved in killing of 18 Armymen handed over to NIA | Zee News
Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 - 00:14

NSCN(K) chief S S Khaplang
Kolkata: The Army have arrested five insurgents of NSCN (Khaplang) involved in the June 4 ambush of a military convoy in Manipur's Chandel district which killed 18 armed forces personnel, sources said on Thursday.


"Five members of the ambush team have been caught and the search for the remaining killers is on. All the above apprehended are being handed over to NIA for further investigation," an Army source told PTI.

After the ambush, the worst such attack on the Army in two decades, special teams were tasked to investigate the incident and crucial evidences were found, the sources said adding that they were able to establish the identity of the perpetrators.

Based on inputs, the army established a vehicle check post in Utlou area of Bishnupur district and apprehended 22-year-old NSCN (K) cadre S S Pte Giftson yesterday, they said.

The source claimed that he revealed about his involvement in the ambush against 6 DOGRA regiment at Paraolon village and gave further information about the movement of his fellow team members.

Another operation was launched yesterday and one more NSCN (K) cadre involved in the ambush was held from Kakching Lamkhai yesterday. The apprehended was identified as H Bojesh Monsang, 24, a resident of Chandel district.

On July 19 also, Mayanglangbam Manglemba alias Touthing Ngangba of NSCN-K was nabbed from Tuisimi village in the state.

On June 4, a team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from Imphal, when it was attacked with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device.

After the IED blast, the insurgents had resorted to heavy firing at the convoy of four army vehicles with RPGs and automatic weapons.

Based on his information given by Mayanglangbam Manglemba,

alias Touthing Ngangba, intelligence teams of army carried out further search for the remaining members of the ambush team after which Chingkhiurei Gangmei was apprehended at Tamenglong on August 4.

In between, another cadre Rajanglung was also arrested, the sources said.

In June, National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a key member of NSCN-K for allegedly being a part of the conspiracy.

Hitting back after the June 4 ambush, Indian army commandos had carried out what was claimed to be surgical strikes, hitting two camps of insurgents at two locations along Nagaland and Manipur borders with Myanmmar, inflicting serious damage on the ultras.

NSCN (K), which reneged from a ceasefire in March, has been involved in a series of attacks in tandem with some other militant groups under the banner of an umbrella group 'United Liberation Front of South East Asia'.

PTI

 

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Two armed men held in Assam | Zee News
Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015 - 14:37
Guwahati: Two armed men were arrested from Bagaribari village in Assam's Udalguri district, police said here today.

Acting on a tip-off, a joint team of the police and CRPF personnel launched a search operation in the area last night and arrested the duo, a police spokesman said.

The duo has been identified as -- Ramesh Chouhan and Lohit Chouhan. The security forces recovered a revolver and six rounds of live ammunition from their possession, he said.

 

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KYKL militant arrested in Manipur | Zee News

Imphal: A combined team of the Police and 2 Assam Rifles arrested a cadre of Kanglei Yayol Kannaa Lup (KYKL) from Leishangthem Khongmanung areas in Manipur's Thoubal district yesterday, said a press release issued by the police today.

The arrested militant was identified as Ksh Brojen alias Momocha (26) of Leishangthem Khongmanung Mayai Leikai of Manipur's Thoubal district, the release said adding he was an active worker of the outlawed militant organisation Kanglei Yayol Kannaa Lup (KYKL).

A case has been registered at Thoubal police station and investigations were on, the release added.

PTI




First Published: Tuesday, August 25, 2015 - 21:03

 

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NDFB (S) militant arrested - The Hindu
Updated: August 28, 2015 07:22 IST
The Army along with Assam Police launched an operation in Chirang district in west Assam on Thursday afternoon. The operation resulted in the apprehension of a hardcore National Democratic Front of Bodoland - Singbijit (NDFB-S) militant Swamla Basumatary alias Sohitab. The 30-year-old resident of Kokrajhar district, Basumatary was the assistant financial secretary of NDFB-S and was a very important member of the newly formed central committee of the outfit, sources told The Hindu .



Seven NSCN-K militants killed
Guwahati, Aug 29, 2015, DHNS:
They were part of the ambush team in Manipur

Security forces on Friday gunned down seven cadres of the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-Khaplang) in the remote Pangsha village of Tuensang district on the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland.

The militants were part of the strike team of the group led by NSCN-K military advisor Niki Sumi, whom the National Investigation Agency (NIA) had named as the kingpin in the June 4 attack on Indian Army in Manipur’s Chandel district in which 18 troopers were killed. Sumi was, however, not in the group on Friday, Army sources said.

According to Army sources from Kohima, the operation took place at Pangsha in Tuensang District of Nagaland, about 250 km away from state capital Kohima, almost on the Indo-Myanmar border.

A joint operation team of Indian Army, Assam Rifles and led by the Special Forces of the 21 Para regiment encountered the NSCN-K cadres, killing seven of them, including one woman.

“We already had inputs about a huge NSCN-K team moving on the other side of the border in Myanmar who would try to sneak in,” said a senior Army official from the 3 Crop headquarters near Dimapur.

“Cadres who have been neutralised were from the NSCN-K camp located at Ponyu village inside Myanmar and belong to the group headed by SS Lt Gen Niki Sumi.In yet another operation on Friday jointly conducted by the Army and Assam Police, two hardcore Karbi People Liberation Tiger (KPLT) militants were apprehended in Bhitor Kalyani, of East Karbi Anglong district in Assam.

 

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Assam: Two NDFB(S) ultras killed in encounter | Zee News

Last Updated: Saturday, August 29, 2015 - 13:39
Guwahati: Two NDFB(S) cadre, wanted in connection with the massacre of Adivasis, were today killed in an encounter with a joint team of Assam Police and Army.

Based on specific intelligence, personnel of the Assam police and Army launched an operation in Oxiguri village in Chirang district early today, Inspector General of Police, BTAD, L R Bishnoi said.

"Two hardcore NDFB(S) militants were killed in the encounter," he said.

The militants were identified as Gwndai and Junthi, both 'platoon commanders' of the NDFB(S).

"They were responsible for the massacre of Adivasis on December 23, 2014.

"They had also brutally killed a Class 10 student Priya Basumatary, whom they suspected of being a police informer," Bishnoi said.

The senior police official said one M-16 rifle along with magazines, an AK-47 rifle with magazines and one pistol were recovered from them along with a huge quantity of ammunition and other personal items.

PTI

 

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Woman killed in encounter was a health worker: NMA | Zee News

Kohima: The Naga Mothers' Association (NMA), an apex women's body in the state today claimed the woman who was killed in an encounter between the NSCN(K) and the Assam Rifles, was a health worker.


NMA Advisor Rosemary Dziivichii told PTI from Tuensang that "a delegation of Naga mothers had reached Tuensang this evening to take part in a peace meeting with the leaders of NSCN(K) in Pangsha, but we are shocked to learn about the encounter between the Assam Rifles and NSCN(K)."

"We are deeply saddened that a woman health worker was killed and another woman (a SSA teacher) sustained bullet injuries," she said.

At least seven NSCN(K) militants, including a woman, were killed while three civilians and an Assam Rifles jawan were injured in an encounter near the International Trade Centre (ITC), Pangsha in Tuensang district of Nagaland.

Clashes between the NSCN(K) and the Assam Rifles have become frequent after the former abrogated the 14-year-old ceasefire agreement with the Centre in March this year.

PTI

 

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Sheesh , NSCN(K) are being wiped out, with the way things are going, they won't last for more than an year or two

 

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Five suspected NDFB(S) militants held in Assam | Zee News
Rangia: Five suspected NDFB(S) militants have been caught by security forces in Assam's Kamrup (Rural) district.

Acting on a tip-off, a team of police and army personnel launched a joint search operation in Mairachara area and caught the five militants last night, a defence spokesman said here today.

The security forces recovered five hand grenades from their possession, the spokesman said.

PTI

 

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Large quantity of explosives found in Goalpara | Zee News
Last Updated: Saturday, September 5, 2015 - 16:01

Goalpara: A huge quantity of explosives was recovered in Assam's Goalpara district and a person apprehended by Army, a Defence spokesman said on Saturday.

Based on intelligence, Army launched an operation at Marnai on Thursday and apprehended a person identified as Hobibur Rehman.

8 kg of explosives and 52 detonators were found in his possession, the spokesman said quoting delayed reports.

The individual was suspected to be a supplier of explosives to various militant groups in the region of Lower Assam.

The recovery on time averted major subversive activities, he said.

PTI

 

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3 militants killed in encounter along Indo-Myanmar border
Imphal, Sep 5, 2015 (PTI)
Three militants were killed in an encounter with the combine forces of 11 Assam Rifles and 6 Dogra regiment today along the Indo-Myanmar border in Manipur's Chandel district.

Police said the encounter lasted for about 90 minutes from 11 A.M and saw a fierce fight between the security personnel and the militants in which automatic weapons were used.
While three militants were killed, the rest escaped to Myanmar, the police said.

The bodies were handed over to Moreh police station, the police said adding the outfit to which the militants belonged was yet to ascertained, the police added.